When is it safe to buy a nursing bra?

Question

The gals won’t stop growing!  I’m 30 weeks and am running out of options for support!  Any idea when I can buy a bra?  I don’t want to buy anything I’ll outgrow a week later.  Any brand recommendations for a large chest (36H prior to pregnancy 😭)?

Answer

There really isn't a perfect time because after baby is born you may go thru a couple of months of your breasts regulating the amount of milk they're producing, I struggled w/ engorgement on & off for quite awhile, my prepregnancy size was 40C, I bought 42D, 40E, & 42E depending on the cut of the bra, now that I'm 7.5 months pp & not nursing/pumping as much my breast size has gone down a bit so now the E cup ones r too big. Sigh. As far as where to go for your size, I know Nordstrom carries nice bigger cup bras & they'll adapt a regular bra & turn it into a nursing bra, no idea how expensive it is to do, I got my bras off of Amazon, & in store @ Target, Macy's & Destination Maternity

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I bought mine at 37 weeks. I found after nursing for a bit was the hard part in finding one since they constantly kept changing. I just got a night time one and a day time one to begin with. Now I'm all lop-sided and can't find one to fit both; 133 days of breastfeeding

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So I caved and bought two new regular bras!  I was just too uncomfortable!